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' FENCE. I N0. 381,047. I r Patented Apr. 10,1888;

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UNITED l STATES PATENT OF ICE.

FREMAN E. wool), or ALPINE, MICHIGAN. t

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 351,047, dated Aprill 10,1888. Application filed July 20,1ss1. Serial No. 244,836. (No model.) II .To all whom it may/concern.-

Be it known that I, FREMAN E. WcoD, of

Alpine, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, United States ofAmerica, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFarm-Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and. exact description of the same. 7

My invention relates to that class of fences whichare adapted to be setupon the ground and moved about readily as circumstances may require,the obj ectof theinvention being to simplify and cheapen the,construction and pro* vrdei against the upsetting of the vfence by thewin Referring to theaccompanying drawings,

' Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of my improved fence- Fig.2 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 1 1; Fig: 3, a

horizontal sectional view on 'the line 2 2, and Fig. 4 a top plan view.

I am aware that prior to my invention farmfences have been provided withcrossed braces,

rails, binders, and posts, the'partsbeing'connected by means of wires;and of course I make no claim, broadly, to such a fence.

I believe that my fence possesses material advantages over those whichhave heretofore precededit, in that it'is easily set up, is pre-; ventedfrom being upset or overturned by the wind, and ,is exceedingly cheapand simple in construction.

Referring again to the drawings, A, A, and

'A represent the'rails of the fence, the number of rails of course beingvaried according to the an angle, so as to support one of the posts B xReferring to Figs-1, 2, and 4., I will describe the manner in which therider is secured in the crotch of the braces B B. The adjacent ends ofthe riders of two panels or sections'of the feta are laid side by sidein t am formed by the braces, and awire, E, is then I.

passed about the outer face of each brace and over and down in betweenthe ends ofjthe riders,- as shown. This construction tends not only tohold the riders down into the crotch formed by the braces, but alsobinds each rider to one ofthe braces, as will be clearlysecn uponreference to Fig. 2. At a pointimmediately below the upper rail, A, andbearing against the under side thereof, is a wire, F,

which is made in the form of aloop and passes. 7

about the braces B B, as clearly'shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Gindicates awire which' is secured at its upper end to the post D, and which passesover theupper face of the rails A, thence downward along one face ofsaid rails to near the bottom of the post, to which it is again secured,as clearly shown'in'Figs. 1 and 2. Y From this construction it will beseen that the upper rails, A are encircled upon three. sides by thewires F and G, and are firmly sel cured to and held in contact with thepost, D.

Immediately below the second set of rails A.

a loop, H, is passed about the post and about the downward extension ofthe wire G, so as not'only to draw the wire G firmly against said rails,but so as to form a rest or support for. 7 the rails. From this it'willbe noticed that the a braces are secured firmly together and also tolthepost, and that the binders and rails are also secured rigidly tothebraccs and to the post, thereby making a strong yet somewhat flexibleor yieldingfence that will-adaptitself to any unevenness in the surface.

In order togive rigidity to the structure vertically, I make use of abinder, I,which extends diagonally'across the faces of the rails equallyon opposite sides of the upright post- D, as clearly shown'in Fig.1.These binders ofthefencaas also shown in Fig. 1, and are secured-to therider 0 by means'of wire-J,-to' 7 the lower rail, A, by means of a wire,K, and i to one of the braces and the upright post by means of a thirdwire or'loop, L, as shown in Figs.- 1, 2, and 3. The intermediateloop,'L, passes about the post, upon the lower and up.- per faces of thebinder and about one} of the braces, as clearly sh'own in Figs. 2 and'3,and

so I

9 will advisably be placed upon opposite sides as the binder is alsosecured to the rider and to the lower rail the rails are maintained inthe proper vertical position.

In order to prevent the fence from being moved around by the cattle orby the wind, I employ a series of stakes, M, which are driven into theground near the lower end of the binders, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,the Wire loop K at the lower end of the binder passing about the saidstake and alsoabout the lower rail. The stake is the only part of thefence thatis driven into the ground,and hcuce'it will be seen that thefence above described may be set up without any previous preparation'ofthe ground, which is a matter of considerable im- 7 portance where theground is frozen.

No claim is made by meto the crossed braces, the diagonal binder,-thestake, nor to the beveled post, as I am aware that these elements,separately considered, are old.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In a fence, thecombination, with the crossed braces B B, adapted to merely rest uponthe ground, of the upright post D, also adapted to rest upon the groundand having its upper end beveled to support one of the braces, riders O,resting in the upper crossed ends of the braces and secured to eachother and to the braces by means of a wire, E, rails A A A, secured tothe upright post D by means of wire G and loops H, diagonal binder I,secured at its upper end to the rider and crossing the rails between thebraces, a stake, M, driven into the ground, and a wire, K, passing aboutthe stake, the lower rail, and the binder, all substantially as shown.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADoLPH B. MAsoN, ELLA P. SEUSTER.

